Because I'm awake

Because I'm still awake at 2 a.m., I will write. This has been a good weekend. My 'weekend' doesn't really start until I get off work on Saturdays. Such a bummer that I too often miss out on Saturday activities with people who have 'normal' schedules.

But Saturday night after work, I had a date for a hockey game here in Indy, the second such time we've attended a hockey game this year. We had fun.

But for whatever reason Saturday night, even though I knew I had the next day off, my mind kept preparing me for a typical short night of sleep and getting up at 5:15 for work. So when I woke up on my own at 7:30, I felt refreshed. And ready to enjoy my days off Sunday and Monday.

I've suffered from an awful toothache lately, and today I used some Orajel at 8 a.m. to numb the pain, and at noon took some pain medication... and strangely enough, the pain hasn't returned. Yet. So praise God for that.

So after church this morning, I raced to Broad Ripple Park for our first flag football game of the spring. I guess you can call it spring, but the weather was wet and cold. Then it started snowing later. We won 50-0, crazy stuff, I've never been in a game where the other team failed to score. But as cold as I was out there in the mud, after the game, I felt so much better than I have in a few weeks. I was giddy as a little kid on Christmas morning. As my roommate and I watched basketball this afternoon, he said he didn't realize how much pain I must have been in. I was pretty quiet/more subdued while in pain. But I just felt great today.

Then we went and watched a movie before playing basketball tonight. We won every game but the last one. We were quite tired by the end of the night. Yet I can't sleep. Imagine that.

And I am playing basketball again in four hours. I am guessing I'll get a nap in before basketball, and then sleep a few hours after I play basketball. No, my life doesn't revolve around sports and basketball; it partially revolves around friends. If I invite people to play at these gyms, I feel the need to make them feel welcome and actually show up. And I have two friends and two coworkers that have recently started coming on Monday mornings that I feel I need to be there for. I'm serious in writing this. Plus, exercise is healthy.

I had more that I was going to write, but I can't remember what it was now. I think my short-term memory has been terrible lately. People already know I'm out of my mind. But anyway, I'm just now catching on.

Ahh, I remember. So, one other thing I'm happy about, that most guys don't usually talk about.. I am on the cusp of being under 200 pounds for the first time since early 2006. Ever since I had a screening at which I learned my cholesterol was high, I've tried to eat better. But I just like food too much. But I've held 203 for a couple weeks, which is good. Aiming for 190 and below. But I'm in no hurry. I need to start swimming again. Swimming is good. So is sleep.

So in a bit I'll try again to fall asleep. I sleep great on days that I work. I usually sleep great on days that I don't work, but tonight. Who knows.